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12:25 AM ET, October 6, 2007

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Terrence Russell / Epicenter:
Q&A: Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra on the Future of the Site  —  Blog ranking site Technorati has seen two new developments this week — new leadership, and a new competitor.  But having both come just months after CEO Dave Sifry stepped down and announced staff cuts has some people atwitter.
Discussion: HipMojo.com
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Technorati CEO: Techmeme is "a great little site."  —  I was hoping that the changing of the guard at Technorati would mean that the company would learn to become somewhat humble.  Early signs say that isn't the case.  In a Wired interview, incoming CEO Richard Jalichandra did note …
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
Microsoft:
Microsoft and Bungie Studios to Evolve Relationship  —  Companies to forge new long-term relationship.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced a plan for Bungie Studios, the developers of the "Halo®" franchise, to embark on a path to become an independent company.
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Peter Cohen / Macworld:
Bungie: When it comes to the Mac, never say never  —  Bungie Studios and Microsoft have decided to go their separate ways, answering the prayers of many Mac gamers who have wished for this day ever since Microsoft's acquisition of Bungie was first announced in 2000.
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
Microsoft spins off Bungie Studios
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Good News, Bad News about Facebook Application Market: Long Tail Rules  —  My team at O'Reilly Research has been crunching the numbers on the rise of Facebook as application platform, and we've released a new report today, entitled simply The Facebook Application Platform.
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook to Launch iTunes Competitor  —  An extremely reliable anonymous source has informed me about Facebook launching an iTunes competitor within their company.  Over the past months Facebook has been searching for a CEO to head up this new subdivision.  Facebook has been pursuing agreements with a number of record labels.
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Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com:   RUMOR: FACEBOOK TO TAKE ON ITUNES?
Ryan Tabone / Inside Google Desktop:
iGoogle meets Desktop gadgets  —  We've often asked ourselves why Google Desktop Gadgets are confined to just the desktop and sidebar.  With Google Desktop 5.5 Beta, we've decided to change that.  In addition to improved Outlook search functionality, Google Desktop now lets you run Desktop gadgets on your iGoogle homepage.
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
California  —  You get your brand new iPod home, in its shiny black box, which you open, and the first words you see are:  —  "Designed by Apple in California."  —  It's printed on the back of every iPod and iPhone, too:  —  Ah, the way these five words evoke a flurry of happy memories.
Associated Press:
Kim Jong Il: I'm an Internet expert  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il called himself an "Internet expert" during summit talks with South Korea's president this week, a news report said Friday.  —  The reclusive leader made the remark after South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun asked …
PrimeNewswire:
Virgin America and Boing Boing TV Announce Exclusive Inflight Entertainment Partnership Virgin America Flyers Will be Seeing Red With Boing Boing TV  —  PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Virgin America, the next-generation airline, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership …
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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:   Virgin America is Smart
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Why Hannah Montana Should Sell $200 Tickets  —  The WSJ reports on the fascinating court battle between IAC's Ticketmaster and RMG Technologies, a Pittsburgh company that runs TicketBrokerTools.com, a scalping/reselling service.  IAC says RMG has created bots that can outsmart Ticketmaster's …
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Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Hannah Montana Battles the Bots
Discussion: Salon: Machinist
WSB-TV:
iPod Sets Man's Pants On Fire  —  ATLANTA — The new iPod Nano is hot.  But one Douglasville man said his old Nano got even hotter — hot enough to burst into flames.  —  "So I look down and I see flames coming up to my chest," said Danny Williams.  —  Williams said the burn hole …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Hi5 is working on its own platform for developers, to take on Facebook  —  Facebook rival Hi5 says it is working on its own developer platform today, the latest social network to realize that it had better open up quickly or potentially lose customers to more active pastures.
Discussion: Profy.Com and Mashable!
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Mines Mobile Queries, Finds Longer Strings, More Searches, And More Clicks  —  Gary Price at ResourceShelf points us to an intriguing article appearing in the IEEE Computer Society's Computer Magazine about mobile search at Google.  In the piece, two researchers at Google dissect …
Discussion: ResourceShelf
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com:
Google's Shock and Awe: 40% of US Online Ad Revs in Q1 and Q2  —  One thing stood out in the IAB's report that online ads clocked in over $10B in the US alone.  —  How much went to Google?  —  Google generated $3.66B in Q1 2007 revenues and $3.871B in Q2 2007, that's $7.531B.
Discussion: WebProNews and TechCrunch
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Interactive Advertising Bureau:
INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUES CONTINUE TO SOAR, REACH NEARLY $10 …
 
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Kyle Stock / Post & Courier:
City to exit wireless project
Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
Skype 1.4 for Linux out of beta with new features
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
ZFS to play larger role in future versions of Mac OS X
Discussion: Computerworld, Slashdot and Digg
Sam Sethi / blognation UK:
Exclusive: FriendVox THE FaceBook IM Client Is Live
ns.umich.edu:
U-M research: New plastic is strong as steel, transparent
Discussion: DailyTech, Engadget, Slashdot and Digg
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Apple probes iMac lockups
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
Dear New York Times: The Pay Wall Was Only Half the Problem
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
'Old fuddy-duddy' can continue age-discrimination suit against Google
Discussion: Computerworld
 Earlier Items: 
Yahoo! Search Blog:
Yahoo! oneSearch Gets More Knowledgeable
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
You Can't Get There From Here  —  Several years ago I wrote …
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Apple exploring pressure-sensitive touchscreens, touchpads
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe:
New PLAYSTATION®3 Model to Take Holiday Season by Storm …
Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Liveblogging the big iPhone 1.1.1 hack
Rich Brown / Crave: The gadget blog:
Mac Mini to be replaced by Mac Nano?
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Bernstein's Yahoo (YHOO) Break-Up Plan: Ridiculous
 

 
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New York Times:
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